Prince of the City

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Prince of the City

R,

1981,

2h 47m,

Crime/

Drama

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93%

28 Reviews

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81%

1,000+ Ratings

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81%

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New York police officer Daniel Ciello (Treat Williams) is not a perfect cop. When Rick Cappalino (Norman Parker) from the U.S. Justice Department approaches him with a personal request to investigate police corruption, Ciello agrees -- provided he is not forced to turn in his fellow crooked cops. But as he delves deeper into the underbelly of drug crime, he realizes that it may be impossible to keep his promises. He will have to bring his friends down, or he'll end up going down himself.

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Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

Dec 6, 2022

The film is the most ambitious, realistic, thorough and scrupilous feature yet released by a major studio on the subject of cops and corruption.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Director Sidney Lumet is in firm control of the sprawling canvas, showing in spades his ability to harness intense energy and almost uniformly top-rate performances from a cannily-cast stable of solid character actors.

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Feb 9, 2006

An astonishing in-depth portrait of the interlocking worlds of police and hoodlum results, with no punches pulled and no easy solutions.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Oct 8, 2024

3/4

You could do far worse when looking for a mobbed-up crime drama, but we’ve been spoiled by far better.

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Ian Kane

Epoch Times

Sep 3, 2024

4/5

Clocking in at nearly three hours, and featuring a diverse cast of fascinating characters, it delivers an intriguing exploration of crime, punishment, and redemption.

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Kenneth Turan

New West/California

Nov 3, 2021

It is a film without answers, but the questions it raises couldn't be more critical.

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Jul 29, 2018

too long, Treat Williams miscast as the lead actor, poor editing / transition, I think the critics love the director, Lumet, who has done some great films. This is not one of them.

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Synopsis

New York police officer Daniel Ciello (Treat Williams) is not a perfect cop. When Rick Cappalino (Norman Parker) from the U.S. Justice Department approaches him with a personal request to investigate police corruption, Ciello agrees -- provided he is not forced to turn in his fellow crooked cops. But as he delves deeper into the underbelly of drug crime, he realizes that it may be impossible to keep his promises. He will have to bring his friends down, or he'll end up going down himself.

Director: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Burtt Harris
Screenwriter: Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, Orion Pictures
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 1981, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 2h 47m

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